Cleric
- Middle East
Iraq arrests ex-official over execution of cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Baghdad: Iraq’s National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein‘s…
- India
BJP leader files complaint against Cleric for alleged ‘Fatwa’
New Delhi: A BJP leader has got a police complaint filed here against Islamic cleric Maulana Sajjad Nomani, alleging that he has issued a “fatwa” calling for the social boycott of Muslims…
- India
Meerut: Cleric shot, injured outside mosque
Meerut: A cleric was shot at and injured outside a mosque here, police said on Sunday, October 6. The incident occurred in the Lisadi Gate police station area when Naeem (35) stood…
- India
Rajasthan: Cleric arrested for raping 5-yr-old girl inside mosque
Jaipur: A cleric was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in a mosque in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, police said. The girl was playing outside her house when…
- News
UP: Cleric booked for raping woman under pretext of curing mental illness
Budaun: A man who claimed to be a cleric at a ‘dargah’ here has been booked after a woman alleged that he raped her multiple times on the pretext of “curing” her…
- India
Cleric murdered in Ajmer mosque
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police have deputed additional forces in the city after a cleric was murdered in a mosque in Ajmer on Saturday, a police officer said. The incident was reported at around…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Cleric gets threat from PFI, seeks security
Bareilly: Maulana Shahbuddin Razvi, national president of All India Muslim Jamaat, Dargah Aala Hazrat in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly city, has received a threat call from an alleged PFI activist who gave his…
- India
Cleric detained for ‘marriage’ of Hindu couple in mosque
Unnao: A cleric and two others have been taken into custody after right-wing group members entered a mosque and stopped the alleged forced nikah of a 15-year-old Hindu girl in Uttar Pradesh’s…
- World
Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
Islamabad: A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, an eyewitness and police said. There…
- India
Kashmiri Pandits can live with us, use our lands, says Muslim cleric
In the backdrop of Kashmiri Pandits and non-locals being targeted by militants in Jammu and Kashmir in the last few weeks, the cleric of Anantnag district has offered the minorities a safe…
- Middle East
Top conservative Saudi cleric who once headed judiciary dies
Riyadh: An influential Saudi cleric who once served for years as head of the kingdom’s Shariah courts and whose ultraconservative views sparked outcry died on Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy that mirrored…
